The Great Gildersleeve "Eves Mother Arrives" (6-04-44) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio · Humphrey Camardella Media Productions
April 21, 200829m 59s
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Show Notes
The Great Gildersleeve (1941-1957) was the arguable founding father of the spin-off program, as well as one of the first true situation comedies (as opposed to sketch programs) in broadcast history. Hooked around a character who had been a staple on the classic radio hit Fibber McGee and Molly, The Great Gildersleeve enjoyed its greatest period in the 1940s, when Harold Peary graduated the character from the earlier show into the sitcom and in a quartet of likeable feature films at the height of the show's popularity.THIS EPISIODE:June 4, 1944. NBC network. Sponsored by: Kraft Parkay, Pabst-Ett. Eve's mother comes for a visit, and Gildersleeve meets his future mother-in-law. Bea Benaderet, Claude Sweeten (music), Earle Ross, Harold Peary, John Whedon (writer), Ken Carpenter (announcer), Lillian Randolph, Lurene Tuttle, Richard LeGrand, Sam Moore (writer), Shirley Mitchell (?), Walter Tetley. 29:32.